mined

past tense of mine
as in attacked
to place hidden explosive devices in or under the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

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Recent Examples of mined Today, almost three quarters of the world's rare earth minerals, used in everything from smartphones to fighter jets, are mined in China, which processes 90% of the metals, according to Bank of America analysts. Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025 In a video released by the IDF, another four schools roughly two miles north of these were mined and destroyed, also in August. Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025 The company said taxpayers would benefit in future years from royalties on any coal mined. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025 Few filmmakers have mined their own life as ruthlessly, or as artfully, as Noah Baumbach. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025 Nobody wants to live in a real-life Black Mirror episode where a synthetic body gets ads, subscription tiers, or even data mined. Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Amethysts and garnets have been found in seventh century jewellery and these stones were mined in Sri Lanka and India. Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025 Few people have mined as much entertainment from the contrast between high stakes and low morals — from how the life-and-death concerns of a big heist or an elaborate conspiracy might ultimately just reinforce the sense that nothing matters, and nobody gets out alive. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025 All the diamonds were ethically sourced, meaning they were mined in a way that didn’t exploit workers or the environment. Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mined
Verb
  • Late Saturday and early Sunday, Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid in an aim to degrade Ukrainian energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In August 2023, he was attacked by three fellow inmates, sustaining neck injuries that required medical treatment.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2025
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  • Victims of the inmates include a family of four, a college student kidnapped from her bedroom, and a state trooper who was ambushed in his driveway.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Last month, three officers were killed when they were ambushed while responding to a domestic call in York County, Pennsylvania.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • Israel had just bombed Iran, sparking a nearly two-week war during which 1,200 Iranians and 31 Israelis were killed.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Most recently, Hamas offices in Qatar were bombed in an Israel attack, and negotiations have not been held in the Gulf state since.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Oct. 2025

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